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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

REGULATIONS.

1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Dairy-produce General Regulations, 1933, Amendment No. 3.
   (2) These regulations shall be read together with and be deemed to form part of the Dairy-produce General Regulations, 1933 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”), as amended by the Dairy-produce General Regulations, 1933, Amendment No. 1, and by the Dairy-produce General Regulations, 1933, Amendment No. 2 (hereinafter respectively referred to as “Amendment No. 1” and “Amendment No. 2”).
   (3) These regulations shall come into force on the date of the publication hereof in the Gazette.

2. Clause 1 of the principal regulations, as amended by Amendment No. 1, is hereby further amended as follows:—
   (a) By adding to subclause (2) thereof the following additional definition:—
   “‘Private dairy’ means a manufacturing dairy used for the manufacture of butter and/or cheese produced entirely from milk or cream, the supply of which is derived from cows depastured on that dairy, the average number of which in any month does not exceed fifty.”
   (b) By revoking subclause (4) thereof, and substituting the following subclause therefor:—
   “(4) In the case of a private dairy—
   “(a) Which is not registered under these regulations; and
   “(b) At which no butter or cheese is manufactured for export; and
   “(c) No butter or cheese manufactured at which is exported,—
   “(i) Clause 57 of these regulations shall apply to such dairy.
   “(ii) If any dairy-produce is manufactured therein for sale such dairy shall be deemed to be a supplying dairy for the purposes of clauses 15, 18, 19, and 20 of these regulations, and the last-mentioned clauses shall apply to such dairy accordingly.
   “(iii) In other respects these regulations shall not apply to such dairy or to the butter or cheese manufactured at such dairy.”

3. Clause 8 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by revoking subclause (6) thereof.

4. Clause 15 of the principal regulations is hereby amended as follows:—
   (a) By adding to paragraph (f) of subclause (1) thereof the following words: “and shall be fitted with approved metal or other unions so as to permit the connections to be readily dismantled.”
   (b) By revoking subclause (2) thereof, and substituting therefor the following subclause:—
   “(2) Every firm, agent, or person about to erect a new or used milking-machine, vacuum-pump, or an engine intended to drive a milking-machine for use in a supplying dairy, or any owner or occupier of a supplying dairy about to erect a milking-machine, vacuum-pump, or an engine intended to drive a milking-machine, or about to re-erect a milking-machine, vacuum-pump, or an engine intended to drive a milking-machine which he has previously used, shall forthwith notify either the Director or an officer of the Dairy Division for the district. No person shall erect a used milking-machine, vacuum-pump, or an engine intended to drive a milking-machine until the same has been inspected and passed by an officer of the Dairy Division.”

5. Clause 18 of the principal regulations is hereby revoked, and the following clause substituted therefor:—
   “18. (1) In every supplying dairy the floor of the milking-shed, yards, and exits therefrom shall be made of concrete or other material impervious to moisture having a semi-smooth surface capable of being readily cleansed.
   “(2) All separation of cream from milk at any manufacturing dairy or at any supplying dairy shall be done in a room which is well lighted and ventilated and provided with a substantial floor and drain both made of concrete or other material impervious to moisture and having a smooth surface capable of being readily cleansed.
   “(3) Where in any supplying dairy any skim-milk from the separator is delivered directly into a pipe which is connected with a skim-milk pump, such pipe shall be of tinned brass and shall be provided with a union at the pump so as to permit the pipe and pump to be readily taken apart and cleansed.
   “(4) In every supplying dairy in which the separator-room or milk-collecting room is under the same roof as an engine-room, the separator-room or milk-collecting room shall be separated from the engine-room by either—
   “(a) A passage, walled on both sides throughout the width and height of the separator-room or milk-collecting room, open to the outer air at both ends, and not less than 2 ft. wide throughout its length. The walls of such passage shall contain no openings except openings of such sizes as are necessary to provide for the transmission of motive power by belt in any case where a belt passes through the walls from an engine placed in the engine-room to a vacuum-pump or to a counter-shaft which is placed in the releaser-room; or
   “(b) A draught-proof partition throughout the width and height of the separator-room or milk-collecting room and containing no openings except openings of such sizes as are necessary to provide for the transmission of motive power by shaft.
   “(5) The owner of every manufacturing dairy shall comply with the requirements of this clause so far as they relate to manufacturing dairies, and the owner and occupier of every supplying dairy shall comply with the requirements of this clause so far as they relate to supplying dairies.”

6. The principal regulations are hereby amended by inserting, following clause 19 thereof, the following additional clause:—
   “19A. No person shall deliver or send for delivery to any manufacturing dairy any milk to which any cream or any skimmed or partly-skimmed milk has been added except with the previous consent in writing of the owner of the manufacturing dairy.”

7. Clause 26 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting from subclause (1) thereof, following the words “part-monthly testing period,” the words “as prescribed in clause 117 hereof.”

8. Clause 35 of the principal regulations, as replaced by clause 5 of Amendment No. 1, is hereby revoked, and the following clause substituted therefor:—
   “35. (1) From time to time the owner of every manufacturing dairy registered as a cheese-factory, creamery, or skimming-station shall (subject to the provisions of clause 56 hereof) grade all milk received on any one day or cause it to be graded as soon as practicable after the arrival thereof at the manufacturing dairy and in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
   “(2) The days on which milk is so graded shall be sufficiently frequent to ensure that milk shall be so graded on at least every fifth day of the days on which any milk is accepted at such manufacturing dairy, and on at least three days in every part-monthly testing period.”

9. Clause 48 of the principal regulations, as amended by Amendment No. 1, is hereby further amended by deleting therefrom following the words “part-monthly testing period” where those words first occur in the said clause, the words “as prescribed in clause 117 hereof.”

10. The principal regulations are hereby amended by inserting therein, following clause 48 thereof, the following additional clause:—
    “48A. (1) The owner of every manufacturing dairy registered as a cheese-factory, creamery, or skimming-station shall, with respect to all milk received from each supplier and actually graded pursuant to clause 35 hereof, indicate or cause to be indicated on the sheet or docket on which the weight of milk received from each supplier is recorded the grade assigned to such milk in accordance with these regulations.
    “(2) The respective grades of Finest and Second grade shall be indicated either by the letter ‘X’ and the letter ‘S,’ respectively, written or stamped on the sheet or docket opposite the entry thereon of the weight of milk received from each supplier or by the provision on such sheet or docket of separate columns bearing respectively the words ‘Finest,’ ‘First grade,’ and ‘Second grade.’
    “(3) Where, pursuant to clause 35 hereof, milk supplied to and accepted at any manufacturing dairy registered as a cheese-factory, creamery, or skimming-station is not graded daily, the owner of such manufacturing dairy shall, in addition to complying with the foregoing provisions of this clause, indicate or cause to be indicated the day on which was graded all milk received at his manufacturing dairy by means of the word ‘Graded’ written or stamped on the sheet or docket on which the weight of milk received from each supplier on that day is recorded.”

11. Clause 52A of the principal regulations, as inserted by clause 9 of Amendment No. 1, is hereby revoked, and the following clause substituted therefor:—
    “52A. Where, pursuant to clause 35 hereof, the whole of the milk supplied on or after the 1st day of August, 1935, during any part-monthly testing period from any supplying dairy to and accepted by the owner of any manufacturing dairy registered as a cheese-factory, creamery, or skimming-station is not graded daily, then such milk shall be deemed to be made up of portions to be ascertained as follows and shall be paid for accordingly :